Judge, 1917-04-21 · page 22 of 32
Judge — April 21, 1917 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **theater and entertainment advertising page** from Judge magazine, not a political cartoon page. The bulk consists of Broadway theater advertisements (plays like "Lilac Time," "The Willow Tree," "The Honor System"). The only satirical content is a brief **English one-act play parody** mocking how Americans imagine British comedies are written. The sketch features two absurdly stereotypical upper-class British characters—"Cholly" and "Reggie"—who speak in exaggerated Britishisms ("bah Jove," "deah boy," "blawsted," "doncha know"). The joke satirizes American perceptions of British dialogue as consisting mainly of affected aristocratic exclamations and monocle-adjusting. The humor relies on the ridiculous overuse of these verbal tics and the trivial plot (someone saw a "push" door sign at a hotel). This mocks both British comedy conventions *and* American stereotyping of British speech patterns—suggesting Americans imagine all British plays feature this level of affected nonsense.
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ELTINGE iti Wearasind Sirti | Selwyn & Co. present JANE COWL in“LILAC TIME” By Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin EMPIRE * newb. 28 CHARLES FROHMAN Presents MAUDE A KISS ADAMS TERI CINDERELLA J. M. BARRIE'S GREATEST TRIUMPH THEATRE COHAN & HARRIS wiran’s Evenings 8:15 Phone Bryant 6344 Mats. Wed. and Sat. 2:15 COHAN & HARRIS PRESENT “The Willow Tree” A Fantasy of Japan By BENRIMO AND HARRISON RHODES THEATRE just East of B'way 48TH STREE PHONE. 178 BRYANT Evenings 8:20 Matinees Thursday and Saturday, 2:20 By BAYARD with MARGARET WYCHERLY LY RIC THEATRE, dand Strest 2:30—TWICE DAILY~— 8:30 WILLIAM POX Presents The HONOR SYSTEM R. A. Walsh's Master Pilm Drama Mats. 2S¢ and 50c. Nights 25¢ to $1.00 April At All Newsstands NOW 10c a COPY $1 0ay a YEAR Film Fun 2" 225 Fifth Ave., NewYork City An English One-Act Play (As Some Americans Believe They Are Written) In New York Theatres nd Bailey Circw wall abc ware Garden ~ ~~ . . ¢ ~ pelessty grown | Scene—The interior of the Pall Mall Club, Show—The Hippodrome. The usual Hippodrome | Charing Cross Station, Westminster, Sussex, melange of marvels, with Annette Kellermann as an England. panded ethene A catai uy rian) Mamta (Cholly is discovered in a luxurious leather with a cast incluc shn Mason and Irene Fenwick | chair, stirring a drink, wearing white spats, and Brat, Tae Harve ndy writtesi and played adjusting his monocle. Reggie enters, smoking Canary Cottage M roaco, R her odin ary m: a banquet cigarette, wearing a silk hat, and CHT See Pe Bie ey adjusting his monocle.) by HAY. Reggie—Aw, my word, old chap. Cholly—Aw, bah jove, old fellow. Reggic—I say, my deah boy, | had a most blooming extraordinary—aw—experience on Century C show, wi y heah this afternoon, doncha know, old and many other Cheating Cheater: chap. Cholly—Aw, deuced, old top. Reggie—Haw. Cholly—Aw. Reggic—You know, old fellow, L was passing, bah Jove. an hotel, you know, and theah, on the pitive, Phesoth St door, my word, was a bit of a'sign say Rowland in a very pleasing musical comedy Cholly—My word. bonds Hewor, System, The nati. am Fos presenting Reggie--Haw. So, my deah boy, 1 pulled ff in son Your Gun— Rather amusing the bally door, you know, bah Jove. And shado farce, wherein East *. happily for both h, oid fellow, I was in the blawsted lobby, | | coul pu see? Docte m7 Kiss for Cinderella, A—Empire. Maude Adams play Barrie’s irresponsible dream-comedy. A Bah Jove, clevah, you know, deuc- infant ah! ‘ consti really? Blooming, blawsted, plays presented by an excelle Dusracli—Knickerbocker. Gi Eileen—Shubert “clever lyrics Romantic comic opera with some Emily Stevens in Galsworthy’s would ghly delightful performance Lilac Time—Republic. A wa! ay of, by, and for dae Bitiotte, _. Acomedly. with suis But, my deah boy, having no bally : , ° ; reason to stay theah, doncha know, I was tratio Mn Tae at hovte. A, thilling extraordinarily. nonplussed, bah Jove, as tof as S what—aw—to do, old fellow. and a ordinary play Cholly—Righto, old top, a bit of a boah, aw— ff While deucediy boahsome, you know, one’s being non- [passe plussed in a beastly lobby, bah Jove. sick oi Reggie—Theahfore, my deah chap, I—aw— | jn the Our tester looked at the extraordinary door from the in- feadir with Cry side, you know, and theah, silly awss, was 4 Post On Mees Menien te sro | a ay’ aw “push,” vaanehs know Ost Pals First—Pulton. A comedy by on Dodd Cholly—My word, clevah! me, I Shoe of onder Water Garden, A tired busincas Reggie ’1—aw—my word, Super man medicy of songs, girls and remarkable sceni pushed the wretched thing, doncha know, | stoma effects. ‘i bah Jove. mind Successful Calamity, A—Booth. A drama by Clare i ‘ Kummer in which Wiliam Gil plays up to his Cholly—1 say, deucedly ripping, aw. beastly but ev old time form . Bone Thirteenth Chair, The—38th Street. A thrilling melo- partic drama of marder and mystery, performed by a wood Reggic—And then, my deah fellow, and t cast with Margaret Wycherly starring . : Farm to the Right Gaiety. A comedyrot crooks:aod s, bah Jove, outside the extraordina that t country and peach Altogethe again, cawn't you see? within performance . . Cholly—I say, old chappie, deuce.l, blawsted! pstairs aud Doren—Cort. 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